Ice-receptacle for refrigerators.



A. P. GRISWELL.

IGE'REGBPTAGLB PoR RBPRIGBRATORS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 7, 1911.

Patented Feb. 11, 1913.

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A. P. CRISWBLL.

ICE RECEPTAGLE FOR REPRIGBRATORS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 7,'1911.

1,052,464. Patented Feb.11,1913.

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Be it known that l, ALEXANDER l). (Caiswsrr, a citizen ot the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, in the county ot Cool: and State oflllinois, have invented certain new and useful improvements inlee-Receptacles for Ttetrigerators, of which the iollowing is aspecilication.

lily invention relates to improvements in means for ascertaining theweight ot ice contained in ice receptacles or refrigerators.

@ne object of my invention is to malte an ice receptacle rectangularinshape and to indicatingly divide the walls thereoi3 into inch spacesby proper indications thereon, beginning at a given corner of thereceitacle and extending in vertical and horizontal directions therefromwhereby the cubical contents or' a piece of ice, and the weight thereof,may oe conveniently estimated when placed in proximate relation withsaid data corner ot' the receptacle.

Another object of my invent-ion is to corrugate the walls of saidreceptacle to provide convenient, regularly disposed points at which toplace the linear indications.

Other and further objects ci' my invention will become readily apparentto .per-l sons skilled in the art from a consideration of thedescription, taken in conjunction with the drawings wherein;

Figure 1 is a vertical, central section of a refrigerator with my icereceptacle shown in place therein; Fig. 2 is a transverse section takenon line QQ of Fig. l; Fig. 3 is a plan view ofthe ice receptacle.

In all of the views the same reference characters indicate similarparts.

A refrigerator of the usual construction 5 is provided with a top door 6and a side door 7. It may have either door and be well adapted for usewith my' invention. ln other respects vthe refrigerator is of the usualtype.

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An ice receptacle 8, rectangular, in form, and preferably corrugated, asshown, may

be an inherent part of the refrigerator, or

removable therefrom.

Division is made in thewalls el' the receptacle into inch spaces,indicated by any suitable means and reading vertically from the bottonitothe top and horizontally in both directions from a given corner, asshown, so that when a piece or ice 13 is placed within the receptacleand pushed over into the data corner thereof, as far as it can he somoved,

its dimensions may be readily determined by the space indications-on thewalls ot the receptacle, whereby its length, breadth, and thickness maybe directly read and from this its cubical dimensions estimated. Havingascertained its cubical dimensions its weight in pounds may be readilydetermined by dividingl the `dimensions in cubic inches by the constant30. By this means the purchaser ot the commodity will be able to readilycheck the weight thereof with the weight given by the purveyor.

Having described my invention, claim is; y l. A rrectangular icereceptacle having three scales in linear measurements on the inner wallsthereof, one proceeding vert-ically from a point on one of the loweredges and the other two being respectively on what l in horizontaldirections from a common i vertical edge.

2. A receptacle having vertically extending corrugations and havingindications of linear measurement on alternating wave surfaces extendinghorizontally, 'and similar indications extending vertically.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

ALEXANDER P. CRlSWELL.

W. LINNALLEN,

MARY F.

